IUCN status: Near Threatened
EPBC Predator Threat Rating: Very high
IUCN claim: âExotic predators (especially cats and foxes)â
Cats hunt Julia Creek dunnarts (Kutt 2003; Kutt 2011; Kutt 2012; Mifsud & Woolley 2012).
Cats do not select for Smithopsis spp. (Kutt 2012).
There are no studies linking cats to Julia Creek dunnart populations.
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions. Conservation Biology
EPBC. (2015) Threat Abatement Plan for Predation by Feral Cats. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Department of Environment, Government of Australia. (Table A1).
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023
Kutt, A.S., 2003. New records of the Julia Creek Dunnart Sminthopsis douglasi in central-north Queensland. Australian Zoologist, 32(2), pp.257-260.
Kutt, A.S., 2011. The diet of the feral cat (Felis catus) in north-eastern Australia. Acta Theriologica, 56(2), pp.157-169.
Kutt, A.S., 2012. Feral cat (Felis catus) prey size and selectivity in northâeastern A ustralia: implications for mammal conservation. Journal of Zoology, 287(4), pp.292-300.
Mifsud, G. and Woolley, P.A., 2012. Predation of the Julia Creek dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi) and other native fauna by cats and foxes on Mitchell grass downs in Queensland. Australian Mammalogy, 34(2), pp.188-195.